Corn-harvesting machine.



. 'E'. ENGELLAND.

CORN HARVBSTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1910.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

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CORN HARVESTING MACHINE. APPLICATION PILEDMAY 27, 1910'I 981,400. Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

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H.- E. BNGELLAND.

v CORN HARVESTING MACHINE.

`APPLIOATION FILED MAY 27, 1910. 981,400, Patented Jari. 10, 1911.

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HENRY FRED ENGELLAND, OF IJIISI-IICOT'I, WISCONSIN.

CORN-HABVESTING MACHINE.

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may 27, 1910.

nected to the draft tongue 10 by a link 16. A pair of guides 17 and 18 are carried by the auxiliary frame 19, the upper sides 20 of which slope toward the front of the guides. A main shaft 21 is mounted in the frame 12 and projects through the auxiliary frame 19 and has loosely mounted thereon the -sprocket wheel 22 about which operates a sprocket chain 23 which extends over a sprocket gear 21 carried by and adapted to rotate with the wheel 11. The sprocket wheel 22 is provided with a clutch member adapted to cooperate with a clutch 25 keyed to the shaft 21 and adapted to rotate therewith. From this it will be seen that the shaft 21 may be operated or not as desired. A plurality of spaced sprocket wheels 26 are mounted on the shaft 21 over which operate the carrier chains 27, said carrier chains extending to an auxiliary counter Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

Application filed. Serial No. 563,799.

To all 'whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. ENGELLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at hishicott, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Harvesting Machines, of which the following is a` specification.

This invention relates in corn harvesters and is designed particularly as an improvementon Patent No 934511, granted to me September 21, 1909.

The present invention resides in the provision of certain substantial operating mechanisms which greatly improve, simplify, and increase the practical value of my former invention.

lith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists inthe construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation vester embodying the present invention', Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the machine; Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic top plan view of the conveying` mechanism; Fig. 5 is a top plan view illustrating diagrammatically the driving mechanism or the cutting elements, conveyer devices. and elevator. Fig. G is a ion taken through the cutting to improvements rality of sprocket wheels 29. rFliese chains 27 are provided with a series of lugs 30 which transport the stalks of corn after they have been cut to the wagon which is drawing the harvester.

An auxiliary shaft 31 is longitudinally mounted in the auxiliary frame 19 and has at its rear terminal the bevel gear 32 meshing with the bevel gear 33 rigidly carried by the shaft 21. The outer terminal of this shaft is provided with a crank 31 which operates a pitman 35, said pitman 35 reciprocating the movable knife 36 which coperates with t-he stationary bar 37 located in the guides 17 and 18.

At the outer terminal of the shaft 21 is 'l e bevel gear 38 which meshes with a similar bevel gear 39, operating at the lower terminal of the shaft L10 which is carried by the frame 19, said shaft thereby being rotated by the shaft 21. rlhis shaft has adjacent to its upper terminal the sprocket wheel L11 and adjacent its lower terminal the sprocket 412. About the sprocket wheel 11 operates a chain 13 which passes around a sprocket 4111 carried by the auxiliary shaft 1S which is adjacent to the forward terminals of the guides, and a similar sprocket carrie by the auxiliary shaft L15, the path of said cha-in being substantially triangular as is set forth in Fig. 1 A similar chain 16 operates about the wheel /12 andA a series of auxiliary wheels 17, the path of this chain being substantially rectangular, all of said chains being provi e with a plurality of outwardly extending of a corn hai-- transverse sect elements.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the present invention comprises a dra t tongue 10 having at its forward terminal the hook 11 or similar member which is adapted to engage suitable means arranged on the right side of a wagon which is thereby connected to the corn harvester and which receives the stalks of corn from the same. l suitable main frame-work 12 is provided and carries on one side thereof the auxiliary frame 19 as hereinafter more fully described. This main frame 12 has mounted thereon after the manner set forth in my former patent the wheels 13 and 1&1, the wheel 141 having a broadi tread and adapted to operate the associated mechanisms of the machine. The present invention is adapted to normally operate at an angle to the ground as is clearly set forth in Fig. 1 and is provided with a means for regulating the distance of the point from the ground comprising a lever 15 mounted on the frame 12 conshaft 2S carrying in spaced relation a plupegs or legs adapted to engage the stalks of the corn. Y

An auxiliary Vshaft 48 is mounted in the frame 19 to one side of the shaft 40 and is operated by a sprocket Chain 49 coperating with a vsprocket Wheel carried by a stub shaft 50v driven byI the meshing gears 51 'and '52 from'A the shaft 40. This shaft 4S Operates an intermediate carrier chain 52 which extends from the point of the guide 18 'to the shaft 48 Yon one sfide of thestalk passage. A small transverse chain 54 is also operated by the shaft 4S and in combination with the chains 43 and 46 carries the corn from the 15 auxiliary frame to the Carrier operating over the` shafts l2`8l'and 2l. A curved guide 55 is provided to aid in carrying the corn from the auxiliary frame to the carrier.

Having thus described my invention,- What I claim as new' is:

In a corn harvester, the combination with a main frame, of an auxiliary frame carried by'said main frame a main shaftmountedin said main frame, means whereby said shaft-may be driven by one of said Wheels, spaced guiding' members carried by said auxiliary frame, and forming a stalk passage, a horizontal shaft carried by said auxiliary frame having' a beveled gear at its rear extremity, a. similar beveled gear carried by said main shaft adapted to operatesaid horizontal shaft, a knife operable b v said horizontal shaft, a vertical shaft carried by said auxiliary frame having a beveled gear at its loi Yer terminal adapted to c0- operate With the beveled gear Carried by the main shaft, chains operated by said vertical shaft adjacent to the upper and lower extremities thereof, said chains adapted to op erate on one side of the stalk passage formed by the guides and adapted to carry the stalks in a direction at right angles tothe stalk passage, an auxiliary vertical shafty driven by said main vertical shaft, a chain adapted to operate adjacent to the opposite side of said stalk passage and extend from the point of one of said guides to said auxiliary shaft, and a transverse chain adapted to coperate With said last named chain and carry the stalks in a direction at right angles to the stalk passage.

In testimony whereof I aliix presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY FRED ENGELLAN D. IVitnesses A. A. LYKEN, FRANK VRANEY.

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